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Tsunami waves were expected to start hitting the California coast Thursday after a powerful earthquake struck offshore, US seismologists said.The 7.0-magnitude quake was recorded at a depth of just 10 kilometers (six miles), almost 100 kilometers west-southwest of Ferndale, according to the United States Geological Survey.Smartphone users received warnings urging them to move to higher ground …

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University professor Ahmed Abu Shaban often gets up at 3:00 am in Toronto to remotely teach his students in Gaza — motivated by loyalty to his trapped pupils, and a deep sense of guilt.Shaban, an academic who fled Gaza days after October 7, 2023, said he has an obligation to students in the Palestinian Territory …

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President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday sought a new prime minister to prevent France from sliding deeper into political turmoil after Michel Barnier’s government was ousted in a historic no-confidence vote in parliament.Contemporary France’s shortest-serving premier, Barnier met Macron at the Elysee Palace to submit his resignation after Wednesday’s parliamentary defeat forced his government to step …

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A new artificial intelligence-based weather model can deliver 15-day forecasts with unrivaled accuracy and speed, a Google lab said, with potentially life-saving applications as climate change ramps up.GenCast, invented by London-based AI research laboratory Google DeepMind, “showed better forecasting skill” than the current world-leading model, the company said Wednesday.The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) …

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Several OPEC+ countries, including Saudi Arabia and Russia, agreed Thursday to extend oil supply cutsfor three months through March to avoid a sharp drop in prices in a global market awash in crude.The decision had been widely expected, though dissension that caused the meeting to be delayed by a few days had created some doubts …

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The Bahamas on Thursday said it had rejected a proposal from the incoming Trump administration to take in deported migrants, as the next US president seeks to follow up on pledges to slash immigration.Donald Trump’s team has drawn up a list of countries to which it wants to deport migrants when their home countries refuse to …

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer unveiled “ambitious” plans to reform housing, boost police numbers and fix ailing health services in a de facto reboot of his government Thursday after a bumpy first five months in power.The Labour leader laid out six targets to “take the country forward” on which voters can judge his administration, seeking to …

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The Bahamas on Thursday said it had rejected a proposal from the incoming Trump administration to take in deported migrants, as the next US president seeks to follow up on pledges to tackle immigration.Donald Trump’s team has drawn up a list of countries to which it wants to deport migrants when their home countries refuse to …

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Thursday that a controversial free-trade deal between the EU and South America’s Mercosur bloc was “in sight” as she arrived in Latin America to try finalize the accord despite fierce resistance from France.The European Commission wants to conclude talks started more than 20 years ago with Brazil, Argentina, …

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer Thursday unveiled “ambitious and credible” plans to reform housing, boost police numbers and fix ailing health services in a de facto relaunch of his government after a bumpy first five months in power.The Labour leader laid out six targets to “take the country forward” on which voters can judge his administration, …

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